Composer: Jean Sibelius, Richard Wagner
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BSO Classics
Catalogue: BSO1401
Release: 2015
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
02. I. Allegretto
03. II. Tempo Andante, ma rubato
04. III. Vivacissimo
05. IV. Finale – Allegro moderato
The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons are very pleased to announce their first compact disc recording, a BSO Classics release pairing the overture to Wagner’s Tannhäuser and the Symphony No. 2 of Jean Sibelius. Both works are taken from concert performances earlier this season at Symphony Hall-the Wagner from Maestro Nelsons’ inaugural concert as music director on September 27, 2014, the Sibelius from his BSO program of November 6-11. The selections are particularly meaningful. It was hearing Wagner’s opera when he was just five years old that made Andris Nelsons want to be a conductor; the Sibelius reflects his strong interest in music of the Scandinavian and Slavic countries, and also builds upon the BSO’s distinguished history of past Sibelius recordings.